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ABOUT US |
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Fred
and Linda Wilkes Having
owned dogs of different breeds all our lives, We did a silly thing in
1982, and bought our first dobermann. We called her Kate and it’s
thanks to her it all started, beginning with the Gwent Dobermann
Training Club where we was introduced to the world of showing and
training dogs. After a
little while we realised as you do she wasn’t a very good show
specimen but we loved her and she lived until she was twelve years old. In
1984 we bought our second dobermann who became ‘Champion
Crossridge the Carbon Copy at Lynfryds’,
pet name ‘Kurt’. ‘Our
Dogs/Pedigree Petfoods Top Sire 1989, Dobermann Club Top Sire 1990 and
1992. Sire of UK and Irish
Champions, as well as ‘Am. Ch Findjans Outrage’ CD, ROM, CGC, CGH,
the first Dobermann in the USA to gain his Championship with un-cropped
ears. 1986
saw the introduction of ‘Champion Penny
Black of Olderhill at Lynfryds’
to the household, bred by Colin Macloed ‘Penny’ was brought in
primarily for her blood lines, but she went to become our second
‘Champion’. Her only
litter to Carbon Copy produced 10 puppies, one of which we kept ‘Lynfryds
Penny Farthing’
3 Rcc’s. 1989
another addition to the family, a Carbon Copy daughter ‘Bledig
Celica of Lynfryds’
1CC, 2Rcc, JW. ‘Anna’
never gained her crown as she damaged a foot that meant she could no
longer be shown. Sadly she passed away in 2003 at the age of fifteen
years old. Many
of the dogs we have bred have gained CC’s, Rcc’s and Lynfryds bred
bitches have produced both Show and Working Trials Champions. In 2004 the two bitches we were campaigning attained their Championship titles; first is ‘Champion Lynfryds Domino’ a great grand daughter of ‘Penny Black ‘ & ‘Carbon Copy’, the second is ‘Champion Amazon Cheek to Cheek for Lynfryds (JW)’ the first addition to the family for 14 years. At present we are campaigning ‘Domino’s’ son ‘Champion Lynfryds Valentino (JW)’, who is one of the youngest males in the UK to gain his title at just 17 months old. Besides the showing side of the breed we also judge, both of us are Championship Show Judges and have had the pleasure of judging some of the UK’s finest dogs & bitches. Linda has been involved with the dobermann world in other ways over the years, firstly, with the Welsh Dobermann Club as Show Manager, Vice-Chairman and finally Chairman, and secondly, as Secretary of the Dobermann Breed Council for five years which she relinquished in 2006. After many years of showing, working and judging we still enjoy the show scene and consider the Dobermann a magnificent dog.
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